Abortion Deaths - J

Each woman's story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death.

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Karretu Jabbie, November 2, 1989 Age: 24 Unspecified facility; bled to death Louchrisser Jackson, November 4, 1977 Age: 23 Robert Gardner, Reproductive Services Useless follow-up to internal lacerations; bled to death Mildred Jakobsen, April 8, 1928 Age: 26 Unidentified perpetrator Jeanette Jarrett, October 11, 1926 Age: 28 Physician indicted; outcome of case unknown to me Dorothy Jasinski, November 29, 1930 Age: 17 Unidentified perpetrator Margaret Jenickes, January 15, 1915 Age: 22 Tip to police interrupted funeral Physician implicated, never went to trial Rosaura "Rosie" Jimenez October 3, 1977 Age: 27 Verified illegal by midwife Agnes Johnson October 26, 1929 Age: 33 Physician indicted; outcome of case unknown to me Alice Johnson, November 26, 1923 Age: 23 Physician indicted; outcome of case unknown to me Anna Johnson May 26, 1915 Age: 25 Second of two deaths linked to Dr. Eva Shaver; outcome of case unknown to me Gunshot wound to body to try to disguise cause of death Annie Johnson, April 25, 1908 Age: 32 Midwife implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Cora Johnson, April 26, 1908 Age: 32 Midwife acquitted for reasons not specified in sources Hazel Johnson, May 5, 1914 Age: 21 Unidentified perpetrator Hilja Johnson, May 20, 1939 Age: 37 Last of three deaths linked to surgical nurse Gertrude Pitkanen Case dropped; possible police corruption Joyce Johnson, April 21, 1955 Age: 26 Abortion perpetrated in motel room with nutcracker by future abortion-rights icon Harvey Karman Marjorie Johnson, August 22, 1929 Age: 34 Unidentified perpetrator Mary Johnson, March 19, 1946 Age: 29 Sanatorium owner Margaret Folsom got conviction overturned May Johnson, May 11, 1915 Age: 36 Self-induced "on advice from quack" Regina Johnson, September 18, 2003 Age: 32 First of three deaths at Dr. Alberto Hodari's Womancare Performed by Dr. Milton Nathanson Hodari fined for running substandard facility Mabel Johnston, August 29, 1918 Age:23 Two physicians implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Alice Jolly, October 18, 1920 Age: 30 Unidentified perpetrator Emma Jonas, March 11, 1915 Age: 40 Possible lay abortionist implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Doris Jones, April 11, 1935 Age: 30 One of six dead patients of Dr. Guy Brewer Guilty pleas to all six deaths Nakia Jorden, December 10, 1998 Age: c. 16 12th of 16 known deaths at NAF member chain Family Planning Associates Multiple anesthesia screw-ups Elizabeth Jorgeson, April 2, 1912 Age: 25 Possible midwife implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Mrs. Andre Jorgenson, June 28, 1900 Age: 24 Midwife implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Joy Joy, May 26, 1950 Age: 25 Lay abortionist Annas Whitlow Brown convicted of first-degree manslaughter Conviction set aside for reasons unclear to me	* The Colonial Era The 19th Century The 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000s The 2010s	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O PQ R S T UV WXYZ Jane Roes